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While there are many different kinds of pollinators bees and butterflies are two of our favorites that are hard working and beautiful to look at as they help your garden produce an abundance of fruit vegetables and beautiful flowers.
Best garden flowers for bees. For an attracting accent to your garden consider adding a bee or insect hotel. Many bee friendly flowers will also attract other pollinators. Plant a pollinator garden to get bees hummingbirds and butterflies buzzing grow these spring and summer bloomers to make your garden irresistible to the nectar lovers you need johanna silver january 30 2012 updated july 28 2019. Dont forget to provide a spot for bees to hang out in your garden.
Without them there would be limited flowers and even fewer fruits and vegetables. Perennial flowers that attract bees. Bee balm monarda spp is an excellent flower for bees butterflies hummingbirds and other pollinators. Grow some of these top 10 flowers for bees as recommended by london bee keeper camilla goddard.
These flowering plants will attract bees to your garden and aid the pollination of many edible crops. Every garden needs pollinators and bees are among the best. So the next time youre in your garden planting a plot take a moment to stop and smell the flowersthe bees and our planet will thank you. When it comes to caring for your home garden nothing will be a better friend and helper to you than pollinators.
The trick to getting bees to visit your plant beds is to add plenty of bee friendly plants. Bees are essential in any garden environment because as they pollinate your plants it creates the rich harvest of fruits seeds flowers and veggies that we all work for. What better flower to start with than one that has bee in its name. An old cottage garden favourite bees are attracted to the pink or white flowers and we love the perfume.
These flowering plants will attract bees to your garden and aid the pollination of many edible crops. Bees dont just need food though. Aim to have at least two nectar or pollen rich plants in flower during winter. During spring and summer.
Secretly i also love bees because they add a bit of entertainment to the garden. Lilacs come in seven colors and are easy to grow. 12 common flowers to plant for the bees bee balm. They are members of the dianthus family as are pinks and carnations all of which are good for the bees.
Most bees are most active from march to september but some emerge from hibernation early in mild winters while buff tailed bumblebee queens will occasionally start nesting in autumn rather than hibernating establishing a winter colony. Best plants for bees grow flowers all year round. There are many different varieties and its a common flower in pollinator gardens for good reason. They also require shelter and water.
23 monarda bergamot hp this is the herb that flavours earl grey tea but the bees love its flowers for pollen and nectar.
